Yeah Kirk should have been discreet there, hell even Scotty gets horny sometimes

For me, nothing beets a wrench lying around the engine room of the most advanced ship in Starfleet.

It's "beats" and "wench", mind you.

Going by Finney and Merrick, it seems like you can be 90% of the way to starship captain and come a cropper.

Makes sense if there are only so many starships to choose from. 90% of the officers hit a ceiling one way or another, without necessarily a fault of their own. Some just bump their heads worse than others.